Upcoming Events

As we continue to mark the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation,
a series of events will take place in Boston this fall to celebrate David
Walker. They include:

·A
Remembrance March with a New Orleans-style jazz band organized by musician and
activist Reebee Garofalo on October 27. The band will march through the area
of Beacon Hill where many African
Americans, including Walker, lived in the 1820’s with presentations en route at
sites of particular significance in his life.

·A
series of readings of Walker’s seminal work, “Walker’s Appeal to the Colored
Citizens of the World”, organized under the auspices of The Beacon Hill
Scholars at the African Meeting House on Joy Street. The readings – every
Wednesday at 5.30 p.m. from September 11 through October 16 – will be led by
women of African descent, including L’Merchie Frazier, Beverly Hector-Smith,
Pearl Hines, Beverly Morgan-Welch, Diana Parcon, Bernadette Williams, and
Loretta Williams. To register for any of the readings, please contact Horace
Seldon at: Horace@horaceseldon.com.

·A
discussion panel on David Walker at Roxbury Community College on October 29.
Topics will include Walker’s seminal role in the abolitionist movement, the significance
of “The Appeal”, and how Walker typifies the “hidden history” of Massachusetts.
Among the panelists will be historian Peter Hinks, author of To Awaken My Afflicted Brethren: David
Walker and the Problem of Antebellum Slave Resistance. There will also be a
review of the genesis and the goals of The David Walker Memorial Project
(DWMP). For more details, please contact Kevin Aylmer at: kaylmer@rcc.mass.edu.

·The
premiere of Raising David Walker, a
stage play by award-winning Boston playwright Peter Snoad, at Hibernian Hall, a
multicultural arts center in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood. Set in Boston in
1979, the play tells the story of a young Black woman whose exposure to Walker
and his writings propels her on a life-changing journey of self-discovery.
Performances will take place on October 24 & 25 at 7:30pm, and 26 & 27 at 4:30pm (tickets will
be available at www.hibernianhall.org.) Peter, who is also active in the DWMP, is
Visiting Playwright at Hibernian Hall for 2013/14. More information at: www.petersnoad.com.